11671367

Methods and Apparatus for Improving Load Balancing in Overlay Networks

PublishedJune 6, 2023
Assigneenot available in USPTO data we have
InventorsAmit SHUKLA
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Patent Claims
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2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the tunnel header includes a Media Access Control (MAC) address and an IP address of the second network device.

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3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second portion is included in a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) header.

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4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hash function uses, as an input, at least one of (1) a Media Access Control (MAC) address associated with the first virtual resource or (2) a MAC address associated with the second virtual resource.

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5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hash function uses, as an input, a protocol identifier associated with the data packet.

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11. The method of claim 10, wherein the tunnel header includes a Media Access Control (MAC) address of the second network device and an IP address of the second network device.

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12. The method of claim 10, wherein the tunnel header includes at least one of a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) portion or a Transport Control Protocol (TCP) portion.

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13. The method of claim 10, wherein the second portion is included in a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) header.

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20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second portion of the first tunnel header is included in a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) header.

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June 6, 2023

Inventors

Amit SHUKLA

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